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Not taking it anymore

Your articles on Oct. 18 all point to the same thing. The aging Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime in Taiwan does not have the best interests of Taiwan in mind.

Mac Bishop's article ("A worrying disparity in strategic flexibility," page 9) points to a military that, after President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) election, "does not know what or who to fight for." They were trained to fight for the Republic of China and the KMT, but not for Taiwan as a nation or its people, despite being paid for for half a century by Taiwanese taxpayers.

The letter by Jonathan Brody (Letters, page 8) shows that the KMT regime, in order to shore up its own illegitimate rule in Taiwan, tried to use Taiwanese tax dollars to buy illegitimate friends.

Taiwan's problems are not just political. Everything, including the economic situation, has been very deeply affected by the long years of KMT rule -- the military, the bureaucracy, diplomacy, education, culture, national identity and national priorities -- you name it.

All are the result of a regime that does not have the best interests of Taiwan or the Taiwanese people in mind.

Only the re-election of Chen can continue the reforms that started three-and-a-half years ago.

But more importantly, the Taiwanese people, bureaucrats, diplomats and the military should know that they are not getting their old boss back, that the Taiwan-first policy isn't just talk, and that the Taiwanese are not going to take it anymore.

Chen Ming-chung
Chicago, Illinois
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